Improvement in pen-holders



litite'd mes @met Gettin.

Letters Patent No. 93,7 SO, dated August 17, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN PEN-HOLDERS.

'.lhe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES G. WILsQN, of Brooklyn, in -the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pen- Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the ait to make and use'the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved pen-holder.

Figure 2 is a top or front view of the same, partly in section, to show the' construction.

l Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.r

My invention has for its object to furnish an irnproved pen-holder, designed more particularly for those having stiff or crooked ngers orhands, which shall be so constructed as to allow the pen to be held at any desired angle or inclination; andl It consists inl connecting the pen-socket with the ferrul'e that receives the handle, or with the handle, by a ball-and-socket or equivalent joint, as hereinafter more fully described.

L A represents the handle, about the construction of which there is nothing new.

B is the ferrule, the upper end of whiehTe-ceives and is secured to the lower end of the handle A.

The handle A and ferrule B may bemade in one piece if desired, and this construction .is preferable when the handle is made of metal.

'4 The lowes part of the ferrule B4 is divided into two, three, or more parts, by longitudinal slits, and has a concave seatformed in the inner sulface of the lower end of said parts, to receive the ball c' of the pensocket C. v

O is the pen-socket, the lower end of which is formed to receive and hold the pen in the ordinary manner.

' Upon the upper end of the pen-socket C is formed a'ball, c', which enters the seat formed in the lower or slitted end of the ferrule B, as hereinbefore described'.

D is a band or short' tube, having a screw-thread cut in its inner surface, which fits into a screw-thread cut in the outer surface of the .lower part of the ferrnle B, so that by screwing the said band or nut I) downward, the slitted lower end'of said ferrnle may be made to clamp the ball o' of 'the pen-socket C, with such force as to hold the' pen-socket O securely in any position into which it may be adjusted.

Haringr thus described my invention,

.I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An improved pen-holder, in which the pen-socket is connected with the ferrule or handle by a ball-andsocket joint, or equivalent connection, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

.i. The combination of the handle A and slitted ferrule B, whether made in one piece or separately, the pen-socket C c', and screw-band or nut I), with each other, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

This'speeiication of my invention signed by me, this 9th day of July, 1869.

Witnesses: CHAR-LES G. WILSON.

GEO. W. Manne, JAMES T. GRAHAM. 

